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Papers of the Colton family of Fair Haven, Vt., including a letter written by E. A. Kelley while serving in the Civil War to Helen Adams Colton, July 18, 1864; typescript of a second letter from Kelley, July 31, 1864; a letter written by Joseph E. Colton (1857-1948) from Montpelier to his mother, Helen Adams Colton, September 28, 1875; typescript of three entries from the diary of David B. Colton from August 23 to August 25, 1875 describing a trip from Fairhaven to Barre to take David's brother Joseph to school at Goddard Seminary.

Biographical or historical data :

Eugene A. Kelley of Fair Haven, Vt., enlisted in the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, Co. F, on July 5, 1864. On August 17, 1864, he died of disease.